Ayatollah Khamenei

The "End of Stoning": Islamic Republic Style

Shadi Sadr | Posted 05.12.2012

Shadi Sadr

Stoning has been removed from the section of the code dealing with penalties for 'adultery.' However, sexual relation outside of marriage remains a crime.

Iran's Supreme Leader Lauds Obama

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's top leader Thursday welcomed comments by President Barack Obama advocating diplomacy and not war as a solution to Tehran's...

Participation in This Election Comes Even Before the Candidates

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 05.01.2012

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard

Iran's March 2 parliamentary election, usually considered a low-key event compared to the presidential election, is now considered one of the most imp...

The Economic Crisis in Iran

Masih Alinejad | Posted 04.08.2012

Masih Alinejad

The reassurances have fallen on deaf ears. The Iranian people, reading the proverbial tea leaves, are anticipating a return to anticipate wartime conditions which prevailed in the 1980s during the eight-year war with Iraq.

Gunboat Diplomacy: A Maritime Field Guide to the Straits of Hormuz Crisis

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.07.2012

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

In the game of high stakes international chicken with Tehran, the better diplomacy is to turn the chairs and force the ayatollahs to blink first.

The Mysterious Death of Ahmad Rezaee: Whodunit?

Haggai Carmon | Posted 01.17.2012

Haggai Carmon

Ahmad Rezaee (31) an Iranian national was found dead on November 12, on the floor of room 23 on the 18th floor of Gloria Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road i...

No Majority To Question Ahmadinejad

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 01.02.2012

TEHRAN, Iran — A petition to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to parliament for questioning over a long list of accusations, including corru...

Iran's Target: Bahrain

Rob Sobhani | Posted 10.20.2011

Rob Sobhani

The key question Obama and members of Congress have to ask themselves is: how can Washington protect Bahrain from Iran and while assisting its rulers in their challenge to address the grievances of its citizens?

Supreme Leader Shows Ahmadinejad He Holds The Stronger Cards

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 12.19.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — In the ongoing political skirmishes among Iran's leadership, it was the equivalent of bringing out the heavy ammunition: The coun...

Ayatollah Khamenei: Occupy Wall Street Will Topple Capitalism

AP | By ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.12.2011

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's top leader said Wednesday that the wave of protests spreading from New York's Wall Street to other U.S. cities reflects a serio...

Iranian Supreme Leader Warns Arabs Against West

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.17.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's top leader warned Arab nations swept up in uprisings against autocratic regimes not to allow the U.S. or NATO to influence...

Ayatollah Khamenei at Unprecedented Religio-Political Summits: The Hidden Imam's Infallible Representative

Ali Rahnema | Posted 10.03.2011

Ali Rahnema

Ayatollah Khamenei has now been promoted by his clerical followers to a super-human status. In certain circles, he is already being addressed as Imam Khamenei. But can combining ultimate religious and political powers guarantee tenure?

Iran and Egypt: The Story of Two Uprisings

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Abraham H. Foxman

How do we not end up with a situation where the only regimes to change are those who were pro-American, because they were reluctant to use excessive brutality and were most subject to American influence?

As Long as Ayatollah Khamenei Is in Power...

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 05.25.2011

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard

This Valentine's day, February 14, so many youths in Tehran and other big cities in Iran carried banners and posters calling for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's departure instead of roses and chocolates.

Did the Shah Perform Better or Have the Ayatollahs?

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Posted 05.25.2011

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard

Many youths in Iran born after the 1979 revolution base their impression of Iran as a monarchy on what they have read or heard, and are therefore often sympathetic to Iran's era of monarchy.

Dr. Hossein Ziai Says Iran May See Another Revolution

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Dr. Hossein Ziai is the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar chair at UCLA where he is also a tenured full professor of Islamic and Iranian studies and the d...

Iran's Latest Fatwa: A Fiery Fury

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Shirin Sadeghi

Despite the Supreme Leader's outright ban of the fire festival with a fatwa, Norooz, a New Year's celebration with pre-Islamic roots, will prevail in Iran.

Iran: Recent Assassinations Will Be Costly

Meir Javedanfar | Posted 05.25.2011

Meir Javedanfar

The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi, who was killed when a motorcycle bomb was detonated outside his home, does not bode well for the Iranian government.

Ayatollah Khamenei's Jet Checked, Iran Supreme Leader May Flee To Russia If Necessary (UPDATED)

Posted 05.25.2011

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei could flee to Russia should the situation in his country continue to spiral out of control, accordin...

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei Loves Caviar And Vulgar Jokes, Defector Claims

Telegraph | Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat | Posted 05.25.2011

A catalogue of the private opulence and eccentric tastes of 70-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei and his family has been compiled by Iran's opposition Green...

Iran's Supreme Leader: US Nuke Accusations Wrong

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader said Sunday that U.S. officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. ...

Khamenei Issues Warning To Iranian Opposition

nytimes.com | NAZILA FATHI | Posted 05.25.2011

TORONTO �" Iran's Supreme Religious Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned opposition leaders of a "harsh response" Friday if they continued challen...

Ayatollah Khamenei: Dickipedia

Dickipedia/HuffPost Comedy | Posted 05.25.2011

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khamene'i (born July 17, 1939) is an Iranian politician, brutal dictator in religious leader's clothing, and a dick...

Khamenei Challenged By Iranian MPs

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

A group of former Iranian MPs has appealed to a powerful clerical panel to investigate if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is fit to rule....

The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Melody Moezzi

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.